It started as a typical summer night at an Upper East Side bar. By morning, one teenager would be dead and another would be under arrest.

The case would become a media sensation, sparking fierce debates about wealth, privilege, and justice. It would expose the dark underbelly of Manhattan's prep school scene. And it would introduce a controversial legal defense that would divide a city and change the conversation about violence forever.

But what actually happened between the bar and the crime scene? The truth is far more complex than the headlines suggest.